A Diamond Poem by Jack Spicer

A diamondIs thereAt the heart of the moon or the branches or my nakednessAnd there is nothing in the universe like diamondNothing in the whole mind.

The poem is a seagull resting on a pier at the end of the ocean.

A dog howls at the moonA dog howls at the branchesA dog howls at the nakednessA dog howling with pure mind.

I ask for the poem to be as pure as a seagull’s belly.

The universe falls apart and discloses a diamondTwo words called seagull are peacefully floating out where the waves are.The dog is dead there with the moon, with the branches, with my nakednessAnd there is nothing in the universe like diamondNothing in the whole mind.